MARIE SKLODOWSKA CURIE ACTIONS-

MSCA

WHERE WE ARE…

HORIZON 2020

the European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)

the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever

€80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020)

It promises more breakthroughs, discoveries and world-firsts by taking great ideas from the lab to the market.

3 PRIORITIES

Excellent

science

32%

Industrial

leadership

22%

Societal

Challenges

39%

CCI

7%

PRIORITY 1

EXCELLENT SCIENCE

Why?

Since world class science is the foundation of

tomorrow’s wellbeing, Europe needs to develop,

attract and retain

research talent…and…

researchers need access to the best infrastructures

EXCELLENT SCIENCE CONSISTS OF FOUR SPECIFIC

OBJECTIVES

1. The European Research Council (ERC)

•attractive and flexible funding to enable talented and creative individual researchers and their teams to pursue the most promising avenues at the frontier of science, on the basis of Union-wide competition.

2. Future and emerging technologies

•collaborative research in order to extend Europe’s capacity for advanced and paradigm-changing innovation. It shall foster scientific collaboration across disciplines on radically new, high-risk ideas and accelerate development of the most promising emerging areas of science and technology

3. Marie Curie actions

•excellent and innovative research training as well as attractive career and knowledge-exchange opportunities through cross-border and cross-sector mobility of researchers to best prepare them to face current and future societal challenges

4. Research infrastructure

•European research infrastructure for 2020 and beyond, foster their innovation potential and human capital, and complement this with the related Union policy and international cooperation

MSCA-KEY FEATURES

the objective is to develop EU intellectual capital to

generate new skills, knowledge and innovation

open to all domains (from basic research to market

take up) and entirely bottom up

mobility is the key requirement

attractive working and employment conditions

attention to gender balance and public engagement

participation of non-academic sector is strongly

encouraged

2 ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS

Researchers

EXPERIENCED

In possession of a doctoral degree or at

least 4 years of research experience

EARLY-STAGE

Less than 4 years of research experience,

and without a doctoral degree

Mobility rule

The researcher must not have resided in the country of the

chosen host organization for more than 12 months in the

3 years prior to his/her recruitment

Innovative Training Networks ITN

•early stage researchers

•at least three beneficiaries (both academic and non)

• awarding of a PhD Diploma

Individual Fellowships IF

•experienced researchers

•individual based

•european or global

Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes funding doctoral and postdoctoral researchers

COFUND

International and inter-sector cooperation through research and innovation staff exchange

RISE

INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIPS - IF

European Fellowships – 2 YEARS

Global Fellowships – 3 YEARS*

* 12-24 months for the outgoing phase plus 12 month return phase in

Europe

Support is foreseen for individual in EU Member States or Associated

Countries, based on an application made jointly by the researcher and

host organisation in the academic or non-academic sectors.

Topics: bottom up (multidisciplinary, inersectoral, transferable skills)

Proposals for European Fellowships involve a single host organisation

(future beneficiary) established in a MS or AC. The project proposals are

submitted by this host organisation, which is represented by

the supervisor, in liaison with the researcher.

The country where the European Fellowship is held is subject to the

rules of mobility. Global Fellowships are based on a secondment to a

third country and a mandatory 12 month return period to a European

host.

The country where the Global Fellowship secondment takes place is

subject to the rules of mobility, whereas the return phase is not.

Researchers receiving an Individual Fellowship may opt to include a

secondment phase in Europe, notably in the non-academic sector, within the

overall duration of their fellowship. The secondment phase can be a single

period or be divided into shorter mobility periods. The secondment should

significantly add to the impact of the fellowship.

For a fellowship of 18 months or less, the secondment phase may last up to

three months. For a fellowship of more than 18 months, the secondment phase

may last up to six months.

A Career Development Plan should be established jointly by the supervisor(s)

and the researcher. In addition to research objectives, this plan comprises the

researcher's training and career needs, including training on transferable skills,

planning for publications and participation in conferences.

REINTEGRATION AND CAREER RESTART GRANTS

Return and reintegration of researchers into a longer term research position in

Europe, including in their country of origin, is supported via a separate multi-

disciplinary reintegration panel of the European Fellowships.

For the reintegration panel, there shall be mobility into Europe.

Support to individuals to resume research in Europe after a career break, e.g.

after parental leave, is ensured via a separate multi-disciplinary career restart

panel of the European Fellowships.

To qualify for the career restart panel, researchers must not have been active in

research for at least 12 months immediately prior to the deadline for submission.

EXPECTED IMPACT:

Individual Fellowships are expected to add significantly to the development of the best

and most promising researchers active in Europe, in order to enhance and maximise

their contribution to the knowledge-based economy and society.

The action will also strengthen the contact network of both the researcher and the host

organisation.

The fellowship will contribute to realising the full potential of researchers and to

catalysing significant development in their careers in both the academic and non-

academic sectors.

Some researchers will be resuming a research career in Europe after a break, or

reintegrating within Europe after living abroad.

Typical training activities in IFs may include:

Primarily, training-through-research under the direct supervision of the supervisor and other

members of the scientific staff of the host organisation by the means of an individual personalised

action;

Hands-on training activities for developing scientific and transferable skills (entrepreneurship,

proposal preparation to request funding, patent applications, management of IPR, action

management, task coordination, supervising and monitoring, take up and exploitation of research

results etc.);

Inter-sectoral or interdisciplinary transfer of knowledge (e.g. through secondments);

Taking part in the research and financial management of the action;

Organisation of scientific/training/dissemination events;

Communication, outreach activities and horizontal skills;

Training dedicated to gender issues.

COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION

In addition to publications, communication of the MSCA actions should aim to demonstrate

the ways in which research is contributing to a European "Innovation Union", and account

for public spending by providing tangible proof that the funded research adds value by:

showing how YOUR creative and innovative potential of is better achieved through

training, international and inter-sectoral mobility, which contributes also notably to

competitiveness, in achieving research excellence, and where relevant, addressing

societal challenges;

showing how YOUR outcomes are relevant to our everyday lives, by creating jobs,

training skilled researchers, introducing novel technologies, or by making our lives

more comfortable in other ways;

making better use of YOUR results, by promoting their take-up by decision-makers to

influence policy-making, and by industry and the scientific community to ensure follow-

up.

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

In the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions, the primary goal of public engagement

activities is to create awareness among the general public of the research work

performed and its implications for citizens and society. The type of outreach

activities could range from press articles and participating in European

Researchers‘ Night events to presenting science, research and innovation

activities to students from primary and secondary schools or universities in order

to develop their interest in research careers. The frequency and nature of such

activities should be outlined in the proposal.

GENDER ISSUES

Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions pay particular attention to gender balance.

In line with the European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the

Recruitment of Researchers, all Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions proposals are

encouraged to take appropriate measures to facilitate mobility and counter-act gender-

related barriers to it.

Equal opportunities are to be ensured, both at the level of supported researchers and

that of decision-making/supervision.

THE GRANT COVERS:

Researcher unit costs

Living Allowance € 4,650* / month

Mobility allowance € 600/month

Family Allowance € 500/month

Institutional unit costs

Research, training and networking costs €800/month

Management and indirect costs €650/month

AWARD CRITERIA

3 criteria:

Excellence

Impact

Implementation

Evaluation scores will be awarded for each of the criteria, and not their individual elements.

Each criterion will be scored from 0 to 5.

The total score will be subject to a threshold of 70%.

EVALUATION PANELS

The applicants can submit their proposals as Standard to one of the 8 main evaluation panels* or to one of the 2 multidisciplinary panels: Career Restart Panel (CAR) and Reintegration Panel (RI).

The CAR panel provides financial support to individual researchers who want to resume research in Europe after a career break, while

the RI panel is dedicated to researchers who want to return to Europe to reintegrate in a longer term research position.

* Chemistry (CHE), Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC), Economic Sciences (ECO), Information Science and Engineering (ENG), Environment and Geosciences (ENV), Life Sciences (LIF), Mathematics (MAT), Physics (PHY).

EVALUATION PROCEDURE

In Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN, IF and RISE, proposals are allocated to one of the eight main

evaluation panels: Chemistry (CHE), Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC), Economic Sciences

(ECO), Information Science and Engineering (ENG), Environment and Geosciences (ENV), Life

Sciences (LIF), Mathematics (MAT), Physics (PHY). Separate multidisciplinary panels will be created

for the Career Restart Panel (CAR) and the Reintegration Panel. COFUND evaluation will be

organised in two different panels: Doctoral programmes and Fellowship programmes.

For each panel a ranked list is established.

The distribution of the indicative budget of the call will be proportional to the number of eligible

proposals received in each panel, except where a specific budget for a multidisciplinary panel has

been fixed in the call. If the budget allocated to any panel exceeds the requirements of all

proposals positively evaluated in that panel, the excess budget will be reallocated to the other

panels .

Proposals will not be evaluated anonymously. Proposals may be evaluated remotely.

As part of the evaluation by independent experts, a panel review will recommend one or more

ranked lists for the proposals under evaluation, following the scoring systems indicated in this work

programme.

HTTP://EC.EUROPA.EU/EURAXESS/

INDIVIDUAL FELLOWHIPS

CALL FOR PROPOSAL - H2020-MSCA-IF-2014

Evaluation of proposals: October-November 2014

Outcome of the evaluation: February 2015

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/calls/h20

20-msca-if-2014.html#tab2

Publication

date

2014-03-

12

Deadline

Date

2014-09-11 +17:00:00 (Brussels local

time)

Budget €240,500 Main Pillar Excellent Science

Status Open

Alice Felci afelci@luiss.it

ricerca@luiss.it

06.85225901

www.luiss.it/ricerca